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IBM Java SDK for z/OS

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in Healthcenter authorization.file It should be able to have more than a readWrite value.

if there is a option for readOnly. you can have users that only is allowed to read and other that can read + ask JVM to take dumps.
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Need support for additional digest HASH algorithms for RSA-OAEP encrypt/decrypt using keys in PKDS/ICSF

As an additon to the requested support described in RFE JSDK4Z-I-20, we also would like to see support for digest HASH algorithms: SHA224, SHA384 and SHA512. We would like to see this in both Java 8 and Semeru
almost 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Addition of Mainframe Character Set (CP1027) in JDK 11

IBM Java 6 which comes along with WebSphere 7 is having support for character set: CP1027. But In Java 8 or 11 this character set support is not there. When Java 11 is used to connect Mainframe zOS DB2, sometimes its failing with the following exc...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add support for RSA-OAEP encrypt/decrypt using keys in PKDS/ICSF with secure padding algorithms and ability to specify algorithm parameters

We need to use public/private keys stored in PKDS/ICSF to encrypt/decrypt payload for financial transaction services. Specifically we are required to use RSA-OAEP for encryption/decryption of for instance JWT payloads. Currently the only RSA paddi...
about 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Remove synchronized from java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[] bytes) to improve performance.

java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[] bytes) is synchronized in IBM JDK 1.8.0 version which is causing performance issue as causing other threads to wait for the lock. Oracle and OpenJDK has removed synchronized from java.security.SecureRand...
about 6 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration